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Christmas Cheer fnnd drive starts LOS ANGELES-The 19th an· n"at Chrl,tmas Cheer program M.mbmhlp PubliCOllo", J.p,.. " Am.rt",. CltI.1IU L. .... US ~II" SI., L.. A"'l.I .., C. 90012 (213) MA ',4471 IN TH IS ISSUE will begin ,Is campaign Oct ~ 19 to raise S2.5OO to " bring Publl.h.d W" kl, Em pt L'II W"k 01 the V.ar - CIoII P.'!J9' " id .t Los Anv.I .., CallI. SPEC IAL REP ORT U. S. 111llntgrl'Uon ~IDtL."tlCS: 3.2tU Yuletide blessi.gs to th"'e less J.l>t'n~~e admitted clurlnll FY fortunate persons of Japanese VOL. 63 No. 18 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1966 New Telephone: MA 6,6936 TEN CENTS 19M .......... I ancestry in Southern C.IUor .. GENERAL NEWS ni .... K utoh! . UII menace h) Mabuna Under sponsorship of the g. and Mink in HawaUlln CO l'· ,~ lonal race. Swltzrorland or Los Angeles JACL Coordin.t A~I. stili elim Q( Hlro. him. atu· tng CouncU. George Fujita will dents. ~y~ Ntst:i 'Priest. Go\', chair the community-wide ~\~r~n 8P~'nts,\~tg:ru~~n~:rd project. Otrlstm.s Cheer in Act •.••• . ..•..•..1 Civil rights CanadiAIl minuter W:WC! Yellow previous years raised over . PcrU flnJ; Prfcst·bUlldtlr of L ,i\ . $3,000 to help i,digent t.mllles Maryknol1 school celebrntcs 50th and Issei bachelors confined at "nnt\lenary ... , ..... , .•.•...3 t OO th l nfanlrv memorial ritcor.: v.rious old folks homes ob held • ., .•.•••.•••. 5 serve the holiday season wLth .. NAT IONAL-JACL more monet.ry gilts and pel' fight nothing N. Uonal JACL . • ..•.. sonal itc.ms. Civil rlJ:hls nothtn,Et new to NI ters. sei: HIstory Project state to tour 8 western cilies .•.• •. 1 The J A C L Coordinating Council is composed of Down· .. DI STRICT-JAC L Christmas Ch~r fund dl 'lv~ to town. E Mt Los Angeles, Hol start . .. .. , ... 1 lywood, Pasadena, Progressive new to Nisei Westside, San Fern.ndo V.I ley and Wilshire-Uptown ch.p SEA'ITLE - Civil rights prob ters. lems facing Negroes today are "In or<k?r th.t we may be nothing new to Japanese Amer .. COLUMNI STS able to cover addilional areas icans, a SeatUe Times reporter HISTORY PROJECT Gima-Pres. Johnson. to Stopover. for solicitation as well as Masaoka-SJR 20 Campaign. was told l.."t week by Wash Hosokawa-Pcarl Buck "People gather prospective recipients lJIgto.a JACL representative of JApan", in the current project, we are :Kumamoto-Reality to Be. Mike Masaoka who was here MEN TO VISIT 8 Satow-Couple Membershios .",igning different chapter. for this past weekend willl Na Ye Ed's-5anta Monica Declara specific duties," FUjita said. tional JACL P resident Jerry tion. He also urged all chapter Enomoto. WESTERN CITIES representatives to alert t!leir " We've !lad the same things members to the Christm •• happen to us," Masaoka said. Prof. Wilson, Mas<I'l)ka PERSPEC~ Cheer campaign and work to "We've lived in ghettos and In Search of Pre-1900 ward lhe $2.500 goal which ",a. people wouldn't sit near us at .... short last year. one time." Issei Documentation Jerry ~ Due to lack of office sp.c. Most of the achievements re LOS ANGELES-Prof. Robert Enomoto and diostribution facilities. only garding the .. acceptance" of A. Wilson, acting project di • l!!I cash donations are being ac Japanese. Americans lOwer e Nat'l PresTdrnl rector, and adminisl<t>ator J oe (I) cepted .t this time. gained through courts of law", Grant Masaoka will be visiting A deadline of Dec. 20 has Masaoka adUed. eight western citie.s on a tour s.rn 20 been set. Headqu.rters will be Enomoto said, "We need to of historical inquiry. Little has Two times we have gone to the So. Calif. J ACL Regional utilize what accomplishments been publislled on pre-l900 Is bat in Washington State to get Office. Suite 305. u2.'i Weller we gain tor ourselves as sei in these areas and their rid of the last of the alien St.. Los Angeles, Calif. 90012. Americans to support the gains forthcoming trip will be to se land laws, vicious weapons The fund drive commiUee. (or all minority groups." cure historical documentation aimed almost exclusively at which Fujita will later name, Sense 01 Identity and evidence. those of Japane3e e}.'traction receives the list of eligible re Interviews will be arranged SJR 20 LEAFLET-Looking over the SJR 20 leaflet from owning their own homes. The Seattle Times in Majaoka was disappointed on the Pacillc Coast. We are cipients from the Bureau of with knowledgable Issei, if liv with Jerry Enomoto. national JACL president, of Sa its Oct. 3 editorial urged repeal and pledged to do t'"lat " many of our youth up now for the thlrd time. Public Assistance and other ing, and the older Nisei whose cramento Oeft) and Washington JACL representative its share toward an improved public understanding h.ven·t obtained a sense of and like "Casey at the Bar' welfare agencies. A.ll names memories may recall their e ar~ Mike Masaoka is Diane Tanaka, 1966 Seattle Japa of the issue. "The existing constitutional restriction identity. We strive to helll we cannot afford to strike out. are kept in confidence, Fojita Iy childhood and stories their nese community Queen. SJR 20 is on the State of results from a pioneer-era wave of anti-Oriental prej them see their heritage." These words are beiag wri t said. parents told them of local IsseJ Washington Nov. 8 ballot to repeal the state restric udice. No state in the Union other than Washi ngton He said, "We've also been activities. Stenographers and ten some 12 hours after I left trying to eliminate the term our Washington Representative tion on land ownership, which prevents scientists and retains in its constitution a discriminatory land law tape recordings will be em' skilled workers invited by industries to the state of this kind," the editorial said.-Elmer Ogawa Photo 'Jap·. Dignity should be given ployed to make these informal Mike Masaoka. PNWDC Gov 10 all r.aces. We are trying to ernor Emi Somekawa, Tak Ku Candidates Night ---------------------------------------- interviews ioto buman docu promote use of the word' J apa mentaries. bota and Tom Sakahara a t the nese'." Seattle airport. where they had Local visits of the project Masaoka also reported J ACL ollicials will be lLSed to remind come to see me off. Mike and combined with was excited about a Carnegie 1 had spent 2"," days in Seattle Issei that the project will wel Kea loha menace to Spark, Patsy Foundation grant of $140,000 come letters, diaries, books, by reque;t of the J ACL Com which will help finance a his clippings. phologJ"aphs, manu mittee working lor passage of New Citizens fete ~e BY ALLA>'1 BEEKlI1.JL'I Hawaiian, and Burns evid .... tly grieved. endorsement 01 labor tory of the J apanes:e in Ameri scripts of early day happen SJR 20. basically to find out CHICAGO - Preseatation of (Special to the Pactfic Citizen) believed that with Brown a; Brown is expected to en· unions, including tile IlJWU, ca now being compiled at what the status of the cam ings and other memorabilia. cl!1'lificates to Issei completing HONOLULU-Kenneth Kamuo- a running mate they would hearten Burns, soothe his lac- they are faced with a part UCLA. The projeot pair will handi. paign is and to offer what con their Americanization classes okaJani Brown, defeated Dem- have one--eighth Hawaiian be· era ted feelings, and mitigate Hawaiian candid.es, Jam~ 'SultatiOll or .a ssist.aoce we Se.tUe Dinner the slupping of such donated is being combined wiu. the ocratic candidate lor lieutenant tween them. The nomination ot 4-is chagrin.. Kimo Kealoha. materials if brought to them. could. Chicago JACL "Meet Your governor. moved to mend the Gill has upset this plan anti After all, though Burns' pres- Ke ..loha has taken the uo- Both Enomoto And Masaok. It should be no secret to Candidate" night on Saturday. brea~h between the Demo- requires more complicated cal· tige is at its nadir. that of the usual politioal step of calling were guests of the Seattle J A· llineun- anyone that the Committee is <kt. 22. 7:30 p.m., .t the Ja cratic f..actions by calling for culations. Democrats seems near its ze- for "an end to American in CL Sunday night at a dinner working hard, harder than on Wilson and Masaoka will call panese Arnercian Service Com support of his successful op- If the Burns-Gill team Is nUh. lI'he polltically potent volvement in Vietnam," a held at Bush Gardens. Attor the two previous tries. There at the following cities on their mittee Bldg., 3257 N. Sheffield. ponent. former Congressman elected, • place in Ille .d· ILWU , which had supported stand not only opposed to that ney General John J. O'Connell two week trip. Persons desir a re more JAClLers involved, JACL has been sponsoring a Tom Gill. ministration can be found for Brown. has now endorsed Gill. of Mink and Matsunaga. bul and Seattle Mayor Dorm Bra and attempts are being made ing 10 reach them may contact Candidates' Night lor many Brown then flew to New Brown-perhaps as Burns' ad- And ltte magnanimity of Brown also to that of most 01 his man extended gJ"eelings with them bhrough their local repo to involve more. More than years as a public service.